Davenport.



D. E. SWEENEY.

DAVENPORT APPLICATION nun AUG. 10, 1911.

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DAVENPORT.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Jan. 9. 1912.

Application filed August 10,1911. Serial N 0. 643,460.

ToaZZ whom it may concern Be it known that I, DENNIS E. SWEENEY, acitizen of the United States, and a resident of Indianapolis, county ofMarion, and. State of Indiana, have invented a certain.

The object of this invention is to provide a davenport or like articleof furniture with a seat portion which is sufficiently high when theparts are in the settee position and will move downwardly out of the wayof the folding or bed portion so it will be sufficiently low when downin the bed position.

The chief feature of the invention consists in making a receding seatportion and connecting it with the folding bed portion in such mannerthat said seat portion will be moved to its various positions by the bedportion when it is moved to the bed or settee position, and so that thebed portion will be low enough for convenient use.

The nature of the invention will be understood from the accompanyingdrawings and the following description and claims.

In the drawings Figurel is a central vertical transverse section throughthe device when in the settee condition, the folding movement of the bedportion being indicated by dotted lines. Fig. 2 is a rear. .ele-.

vation of Fig. 1. Fig. 3 is the same as Fig. 1 with the parts in asettee position. Fig. 4 is a detail of the portion shown in Fig. l.

The frame or stationary part of the device has a front bar 10which'extends up high enough to receive and support the folding bedportion 11 when turned down to the bed position, as shown in Fig. 3. Theframe also has a rear longitudinal bar 12 and ends consisting of a lowerportion 13-, an upper open work portion 11 and a rear verticallydisposed board or plate 15. These parts 13, 14k and 15 are rigidlysecured together or, if desired, are integral and are supported bycasters 16 on the floor.

The folding bed portion 11 is a rectangular box whichis open at the topwhenin the folded down condition, and open to the rear when in theupright condition. The portion 11 is fulcrurned at its two sides to theend plates 15 by the fulcrums 17 so that when in the uprightposition thelower part of the folding bed portion will be substantially flush withthe lower part of the end plates 15.

i The bedding isistrapped in the box 11 so that it will be held inposition when the folding bed portion 11 is turned to the uprightposition, as shown in Fig. 2. The parts are so arranged that when thefolding bed portion is drawn down its sides will extend beyond the frontand rear portions of the frame and make a symmetrical construc tion withthe bed portion supported by the fulcrum 17 toward one side and by theframe The seat portion 20 is, near its inner rear side pivotallyconnected at each end with bars 21 that are rigidly secured to the folding bed. portion 11 by the screws 22. Rollers 23 are fastened to thelower front corners of the seat portion so as to ride up and down theinclined upper edges or tracks 24 of boards or strips 25 which aresecured to the inner surfaces of the end portions 13 near the bottom, asshown in Figs. 1 and 2. The inclined tracks 24 extend from the upperedge of the strip or board 10 downwardly toward the rear. hen in thesettee position the rear part of the seat portion 20 is supported byfolding uprights 27 which are plate or bar 10 at the front, as seen inFig. 3.

pivoted by hinges 28 to the back bar 12.

position, see Fig. 4L, and these uprights are pulled down forwardly by acord 29 that extends from the upper part of the uprights under a pulley30 on each end through the forward strip or board 10 to a knob 31.

The mode of operation is as follows: As-

suming the parts to be in a settee position, as

shown in Fig. 1, it is converted into a bed by first pulling the knob 31somewhatso that the uprights 27 will be taken from under the rear partof the settee portion 20; then the folding bed portion 11 is turned fromthe vertical to the horizontal position shown in Fig. 3. Such movementof the portion 11 causes the bars 21 to move the seat portion 20downwardly and somewhat to the rear, out of the way, as seen in Fig. 3.

l/Vhen it is desired to change the device from a bed to a settee, thefolding bed portion 11 is turned to the upright position and the arms 21willforce the seat portion 20 forwardly and upwardly and the rollers 23will ride up on the tracks 24, and as the seat portion goes up thespring hinges will cause the uprights 27 to follow the seat portion andto move into supporting position. Thus with this construction of parts,the bed portion is centrally supported and the seat portion is movedautomatically down out of the way or up into the settee position as thebed is operated. A very advantageous feature lies in this constructionfor by it the bed portion, when moved into position, is brought withinconvenient distance from the floor.

W'hat I claim as my inventionand desire to secure by Letters Patent is:

1. A davenport including a frame having a front bar, a seat portion withits forward end adapted to be normally supported by said frame bar,uprights pivoted at their lower ends to the frame for supporting therear part of the seat portion when in normal position, means for movingsaid uprights on their pivots, a folding bed portion. fulcrumed at itssides and between its ends to the rear partof the frame so that whenturned downwardly, it will be supported by said frame bar, and barssecured to the folding bed portion and pivoted to said seat portion sothat the seat portion will be moved out of and into position by themovement of said bed portion.

2. A davenport including a frame having a front bar, a seat portion withits forward end adapted to be normally supported by said frame bar,uprights pivoted at their lower ends to the frame for supporting therear part of the seat portion when in normal position, means for movingsaid uprights on their pivots, a folding bed portion fulcrumed at itssides and between its ends to the rear part .of the'frame so as, whenturned downwardly, to be supported by said frame bar, bars secured tothe'folding bed port-ion and pivoted to said seat portion so that theseat portion will be moved out of and into position by the movement ofsaid bed portion, and inclined tracks on the ends of the frame forsupporting and guiding the forward part of the seat portion during itsmovements.

'3. A davenport including a frame having a front bar, a seat portionwith its forward end adapted to be normally supported by said frame bar,uprights for supporting the rear part of said seat portion, springhinges for pivoting the lower endsof said uprights to the frame, a cordextending from the upper part of said uprights to the front part of thedevice for drawing said uprights from under theseat portion, a foldingbed portion. fulcrumed at its sides and between its ends to the rearpart of the frame so as, when turned downwardly, to be supported by saidframe bar, bars secured to the folding bed portion and pivoted to saidseat portion so that the seat portion will be moved out of and intoposition byithe movement of said bed portion, rollers on the lower frontcorners of the seat portion, and inclined tracks on the end of the framefor supporting and guiding the forward part ofthe seat portion duringits movements.

In witness whereof, I have hereunto affixed my signature in the presenceof the witnesses herein named.

- DENNIS E. SWEENEY.

Witnesses:

E. H. MAYO, J. H. WELLS.

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